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Bobby Russell

real name Robert L. Russell

United States · 1940-04-19 – 1992-11-19

Bobby Russell is credited on 3,768 releases across 874 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,768

Credits

874

Albums

8

Decades active

210

In collections

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US pop/rock singer-songwriter.
Born April 19, 1941 in Nashville, TN - died November 19, 1992 in Nicholasville, KY.
He wrote among others, the no.1 hit "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", "Used To Be" (from the movie "Grasshopper"), the Grammy Award-winning "Little Green Apples", "Sure Gonna Miss Her" and Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey".
Husband of Vicki Lawrence between 1972 - 1974.
(ASCAP IPI #: 27069193 - IPI #: 27062113)

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Credited work

3,768 releases · 874 albums · active 1958–2025

  • Performance · 3,971
  • Production · 82
  • Other credits · 34

Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · A&R Studios · Western Recorders · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios

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